Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-03-19

as preventive of the lung diseGse iu cattle, did not nc CcessitGte the loss of tEC animals tail: slsO, that losses from In- oculatIOn, when the proper system was adopted. were of rare occurrence; and having since my return to Natal. heard that instructions for inOculaiiln hal been sent to the Australian colonies by J. F. Bredius, Esq. president of the North and South Holland Agricultural Society, l thereupon wrote tO an IDtiu- entisl stOckbreeder in Holland on the matter; and he has kindly sen. me. ID reply, copy, received from Mir. Bredius, of hIs Letter of Instructions. Es for. wsrded to Melbourne by him in April, 1863. Believing that publication thereoi in your paper will be of great service C. my fellow coloDisis, have great pleas ure ID handing you a copy thereof for publication. l am, sir, yours truly.
 ". G. BAKER. ISoCULATIoS FOR PLUTRo PNEUMONIA
 Sir;-From the reports in some Of the Australian papers, have come to the conclusion that the mode of inoculGti0g Z cattle for pleuro-pneumoni Is far from being what 1t should be.
 For 6 number of years the disease made great havoc among the cattle of this country (Hollandl, and the several experiments made for Its cure proved to be failure. For about two years. how ever, it has come to Q slaud-still under inoculRtion on system that k found to be eflicacious m 4g9 eases out of 5J0; the operation scarcely ever being followed by loss of life, and but very seldom by loss of tine animals tGIl, or any part oft
 There would be reason to deplOre. in- deed, II SO infectious and destructive a disease should spread among the valua- hle herds of those colonies, and Occa- sion the cattle owners heavy losses, could |; be prevented by means of very sim ple vet etiicaciOus process of inOculR- lion,
 Wishing tO contribute anything m my power to obviste this impending eyIl, hereby give an abstract of a report made by one of our Bblest and most sue cessful veterinary sur. cons to the board lover which l have the honor Co pre- siie) for the district ot D"Tirecht and euvirons of the North and South Hol- land Agricultural Society.
 It's therein stated that the described trea:m. ut has proved Co be better and more successful tbs st any other ntaciisod until now, md that Inc failures are scarcely two 10 one thousand.
 One surgeon says: "lhe success of tbe In0culstiOn chiefly depends on tLs quality Of the virus. T. Is 10 toe taken from the lung of a diseased COW. killed m the so called second period, or, rather nt the time when ;ar first s:gn= cf th, disease show tbemselVts. Beside the pat Jf the lung already EepaCZed, there is the surgOuniin part, which K found tO be less marB.si, more spOugy, and perforated vii strips of plastic lsmVh. Of different widths. rhi- matter, having the appearance of jelly, If pressed, put into n bottle. and left untouched for a few hours. IT. as k often the case, the virus cOsgulate, It must bC shaken m t.l again hquefei. Before using it. it is 10 toe filtered through a piece of tiue muslin or Altering paper. Virus. if mixed with any blood r. quI-e unfit and useless. l. must be perfectly luudorous. On an average, it will become puirid within three or fCur days; sometimes. with hot temperature, it will get a ha! smell in twenty-tour hours. # should. therefore, be keptin n cool place"
 The inOcUlstion is duhe on the tuf3. about aa inch aud half from the taIi's end; the hair is cut sway for hand widths leOgtb, then two scarihcatiOns two and half inches apart. are made ig the hide of the tail with n strong and sharp lancet, humeated with few drops of virus. The operation should be per Frrr,aaA r-gFhnrrs q hfn1T ble, and the insertion of matter under ~ tlde carefully avoided.
 Two or rd. .65S.aa aa1ys iA.er, some ''i rec c'i,n will be seen; the uhnSS. ..., iO.s .s-.sc.I lI, however, does not generally show Isa.! before ,he eighteenth day, or later, Ri ter the operation. II the tail swell, some br.sk scarIficBtions must Da made, and repeated daily ss long as ihe swcliuG coutInues-tne tail many tuss Co be mOistened with water or sour butter mix.
 Swelling nearly above TT on the sides of the root of the tail, with or without a simultaneous swelling of the tail itself. generally disappears by rubbing the swollen parts two or three times with an ointment Of two ounces lmedicinBl weight quicksalye (unguentum Nespol- itanum) to one drEm cBmphor. If the swell, together with indurated gather incs and pers spiratiCn of liquid like water; i: Is generally advisable to kill the animal Bt once. the result being most uufayOrsb.e This, however. is a very exceptional case, which Cc urrsd only oncein L2oO. If, with any of those swellings, the beasts regular dig stiOH should be impedeG or disturbed. it must be given SIX ounces Of wonder ssls Cysal mirahile glsuberi) to halt bottle ot hot water. This dose IS c. be repeated, nc cordiug 10 circumstance, uahl the ex crcmeuts are again in their natural state.
 Should the inocuistion wounds be- came extensive. and R crust settle upon with pus gatherings 'und arneaih, II must be removed, md the wounds washed twice a day with a solution oi clurn.
 Such is the inocuiatioa process now practiced in Holland. not only on de- ceased but chiefly on healthy horned cattle. r. is attended with the very best results; and ifthe still ex,stinz pre- .udices of some cattle owners give way ,o underiable Irejudices, its mora uni vcrsal introduction may very soon put gn end to the deyastatious of .he dis ease.
 |, desired, I am quite willing to give my further particulars. Applications made through my SOD, Ch. P. Bredius. Esq. of the firm of Klenie. Bredius & Jo, Queen street, Melbourne. shsll be luswered per first mail.
 (SIgnsd) T. B, BREDTUs. Oordrecht, Holland. 24th April, 1863.